Sune Vuorela wrote:
> On 2008-12-04, Raphael Geissert <atomo64+debian@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Will try to work on a dh-like command (or maybe a patch against dh_strip,
>> depends on what Joey prefers) that will basically scan
>> debian/*/foo-dbg/usr/lib/debug/(*) and try to find a file under debian/*/
>> matching the subgrouped expression, to automagically generate the Depends
>> field (say ${dbg:Depends}).
Using ORed depends, I forgot to say.
>>
>> Once that's done it would be just a matter of adjusting a couple of lines in
>> debian/control and you are done with dealing with -dbg packages.
>
> No. it actually wouldn't work.
>
> In kde, for example kdepim, contains applications like
> - korganizer
> - kaddressbook
> - kmail
> - kpilot
>
> With a -dbg package depending on all apps, the user will have to install
> all apps just for getting a backtrace for one application.
>
> That is not desired.
> Bloating the archive with seperated -dbg packages is ttbomk not desired
> as well.
Of course.
>
> The current approach is currently the least bad, and lintian should not
> complain.
I don't agree, -dbg packages all by themselves are completely useless, they MUST
depend on something that will actually make them meaningful. Otherwise they
should not be built/shipped.
>
> /Sune
Cheers,
Raphael Geissert